DOVER — The Dover Business and Industrial Development Authority continues to look into possible sites for a second business park, with Mast Road currently the leading candidate.

According to Economic Development Director Dan Barufaldi, the DBIDA board believes the Mast Road site, which currently holds the city’s Public Works building and three wells, is a good location for the proposed development. Because the outgoing City Council decided to table a vote on the Capital Improvements Program last month, funding for a second Enterprise Park has not yet been approved. Still, Barufaldi said from his discussions with both the previous council and new members, he feels the project will be met with approval because of the economic benefit it could have for the Garrison City.

Dover’s other Enterprise Park, located on Venture Drive, pulls in about $497,000 each year to the city.

“We’ve looked at probably three or four other properties,” Barufaldi said of locations for the proposed business development. “We do want a Plan B.”

Barufaldi said the ongoing study into a pollutant affecting the wells at Mast Road, and a possible relocation of wellheads, could make construction on that site unfeasible. As such, the board is currently looking into the benefits of alternative sites, which Barufaldi said are privately owned.

“If Mast Road turns out to work, we would probably do that,” Barufaldi said.

The DBIDA Board was scheduled to hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, but canceled it due to weather. Barufaldi said the meeting would most likely not be rescheduled.

Barufaldi said ideally, the site for a new Enterprise Park would be about 90 acres, but that parcels that big are growing scarce in the Garrison City.

Officials initially unveiled the proposed location for a second business park in November. In late September, the City Council heard a presentation on the possibility of drilling two exploratory wells at the Mast Road site to study a chemical’s impact on the city’s water supply. Joyal previously said the city would continue to make that study and environmental concerns a priority should the business park be approved in that location.

Last year, the city commissioned a water quality study on the Griffin Well and the aquifer after discovering 1,4-Dioxane in the water, with contaminants from a former metal recycling company in Madbury entering the ground near the well. Although the well’s contaminant level is currently at acceptable standards, more stringent requirements from the Environmental Protection Agency could force the city to shut down that well.